Every motor vehicle, when in use on a highway, shall be equipped with a horn or other device capable of making an abrupt sound sufficiently loud to be heard from a distance of at least two hundred (200) feet under all ordinary traffic conditions. Every person operating an automobile or bicycle shall sound the horn or sound device whenever necessary as a warning of the approach of such vehicle to pedestrians or other vehicles, but shall not sound the horn or sound device unnecessarily. A bell may be used on a bicycle.

HISTORY: 2006 c 173, § 7, eff. 7-12-06; 1974 c 101, § 4, eff. 6-21-74; 1970 c 93, § 9; 1952 c 167; 1942 c 208, § 1; KS 2739g-28